[PAULUS libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §1.14.2.prSed etiam ipsum apud se emancipari uel in adoptionem dari placet.
[PAULUS, in his fourth book On Sabinus.] But it is also held that he himself can be emancipated or given in adoption before himself.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.14.2.pr
Emancipation and Adoption of a Praetor Son Before Himself
Summary
Paulus states that a son of a family who is a praetor is legally allowed to be emancipated or given in adoption before himself.
Notes
- §1.14.2.pripsum — The subject of the infinitive clause (emancipari uel in adoptionem dari), referring back to the filium familias praetorem (the son of the family who is a praetor) of the preceding section.
- §1.14.2.prapud se — The reflexive pronoun se refers to ipsum (the praetor himself), the subject of the infinitives. Thus, it means in a court presided over by himself as a magistrate.
- §1.14.2.prplacet — An impersonal verb taking the entire accusative with infinitive clause (ipsum... dari) as its subject, meaning 'it is held' or 'it is approved' as a rule of law.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.14.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.14.2.pr
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